Reaver Glitterstim
Dromedaworks inc
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2015.06.30 14:31:03 -
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Altrue wrote:CCP Terminus wrote:So, as I mentioned earlier, I brought up the Shield Flux Coils and Shield Rechargers comments people have made at the latest module tiericide meeting.
It was mentioned that Shield Rechargers are used in passive PvE shield tanking, where the regen is more important. On larger ships like the Rattlesnake, you can get a higher shield regeneration rate that if you were to use Shield Extenders for example. With that being said we might still make some minor changes to the module set, and there's some research being done into usage rates of Shield Rechargers, especially in PvE.
Shield Flux Coils were agreed upon to be something we are less happy with, so there may be some more significant changes to them. It is fairly unlikely they will be removed outright. If the Shield Rechargers are getting stopped from being buffed because of Rattlesnakes only, maybe its time to nerf Rattlesnakes then? I mean they can solo drifters by passive tanking, maybe they are a tiny bit over-powered?
I am more inclined to say that the reason Rattlesnakes even use them is because there are no shield extenders big enough for battleships. It's primarily Rattlesnakes because there aren't a lot of other battleships with a passive tank bonus. The Rokh lacks mid slots and large turrets aren't great for ratting, and the Navy Scorpion while fully able to fit a Rattlesnake tank, is underwhelming because large missiles are fairly weak if you don't have a web/painter and that diminishes the tank. In short, it's because the Rattlesnake is specifically the drone+passive shield combo, but more specifically because there are no proper shield extenders for battleships. Give battleships an X-Large Shield Extender and you will never see a Rattlesnake sporting a shield recharger again. Then we can talk about buffing shield rechargers.
Want my advice? I say increase shield recharge bonuses by a huge amount but give shield recharge effects a stacking penalty. Make it so 4 mods can give you around 3-5x recharge rate.
Give me a top hat.
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